12.28.05
Top Ten
Anybody who listens to Mugglecast knows that one of the teenaged hosts, Ben Schoen, has recently instituted a Top Ten list into the show. In last week’s podcast he asked listeners to tell him whether they enjoyed the Top Ten list and whether they should keep doing it. Well, I think the Top Ten list could be great, that is if he would stop picking lists that were the reverse of entertaining. Honestly, it’s just tedious to listen to. I don’t know if it’s just that Ben has no sense of humor (no offense Ben) or if I’ve gotten so old that I’ve forgotten what passes as funny to a 15 year old (or however old he is), but the lists read so far have just been flat.
To that end, I’ve written my own list (and submitted it to Mugglecast, we’ll see if it makes it on there). Here goes:
Top Ten Non-Fiction Books at Flourish and Blotts
1) A History of Magic, CliffNotes Edition: For People Who Refuse To Read (Sigh), by H. Granger-Weasley
2) Break On Through To The Other Side: A Guide To Paranormal Dating (Previously Titled “Getting That Cute Boy With The Scar To Notice You”), by M. Myrtle, deceased
3) Tuesdays With McGonagall, by P. and P. Patil
4) Freakoministry: A Rogue Witch Explores The Hidden Side Of The Ministry of Magic, by L. Lovegood (with an introduction by Cornelius Fudge)
5) Splat! 1001 Uses For Bubotuber Pus, by Professor N. Longbottom
6) Professor Trelawney or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Omen Of Impending Doom, by Ronald Bilius Weasley
7) Rubber Ducks, Fellytones, and Eckeltricity: The Magic That Muggles Make, by Arthur Weasley
8) A Youth Well-Spent: The Secret To Our Success, by “Gred and Forge” and edited [a lot] by Ginevra Potter
9) Pumpkin Juice For The Soul, by Severus Snape
10) Nitwit, Blubber, Oddment, Tweak! The True Story Of The Greatest Wizard Who Ever Lived, by Harry James Potter and Professor R.J. Lupin
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